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Waller Mine

Past Producer in Goochland county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079873
MRDS ID W030622
Record type Site
Current site name Waller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.05471, 37.85783 (WGS84)
Elevation 126
Relative position 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) ESE OF TABSCOTT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goochland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caledonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Goochland

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 MI (0.3 KM) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 603 ABOUT 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 605.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hatcher Complex
    Rock description Hatcher Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.05471, 37.85783
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing Striking N 50 Deg E And Dipping 65 Deg Nw Seen In Cohn Workings.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 58 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Width 1.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS PROBABLY VERY NEAR THE ARVONIA-HATCHER CONTACT AND THE ROCK PROBABLY REPRESENTS A MIGMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1831
Discoverer Cole & Woolfork (?) (Placer Gold)
Year of first production 1831

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Goochland Gold Mines Holding Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. R. Whitesel

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT $60,000 TO $75,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 184M
    Overall depth 91M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOVE REFERS TO COHN SHAFT AND WORKINGS. IN 1974, THREE WATER-FILLED SHAFTS, SIX CAVED PITS, AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. A SHAFT WAS SUNK TO AN UNKNOWN DEPTH IN 1865. IN 1910 A SHAFT WAS SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 22 M (72 FT) AND CROSSCUTS WERE DRIVEN NORTHWEST AT THE 14 AND 18 M (45 AND 60 FT) DEPTHS. A SHORT CROSSCUT WAS ALSO DRIVEN SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOWER LEVEL. ANOTHER SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1911. THE COHN SHAFT WAS 91 M (300 FT) DEEP, AT WHICH DEPTH A CROSSCUT EXTENDS 160 FT (49 M) N 37 DEG W. AT 24 M (80 FT) FROM THE SHAFT DRIFTS RUN 18 M (60 FT) NORTHEAST AND 26 M (84 FT) SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER SHAFT WAS SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 20 M (65 FT). AT THE 12.5 M (41 FT) LEVEL A CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN 4 M (14 FT) NORTHWEST, WHERE IT ENTERED OLD WORKINGS WHICH WERE CLEANED OUT AND RETIMBERED FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE IN EACH DIRECTION. AT THE 20 M LEVEL DRIFTS WERE RUN ON THE VEIN FOR 32 M (105 FT) SOUTHWEST AND 3.7 M (12 FT) NORTHEAST.

Comments on development

  • COLE AND WOOLFORK DISCOVERED MINE IN 1831, DURING WHICH YEAR THEY CARRIED ON SURFACE WASHINGS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. VEINS WERE DISCOVERED BY MOSS IN 1832, AND A VEIN 1.8 M (6 FT) THICK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN OPENED BY THE FISHERS AND WORKED UNTIT THE LAND WAS PURCHASED BY WM. K. SMITH? LATER IT WAS SOLD TO RICHARDS WHO WORKED THE MINE 12 MONTHS AND THEN SOLD IT TO AN ENGLISH COMPANY. AFTER TWO YEARS, DURING WHICH IT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BADLY MANAGED, THE PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED AND SOLD IN TWO PARTS. SINCE THAT TIME ONLY THE WESTERN PART OF THE OLD ESTATE HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE WALLER MINE. IN 1865, TURNER, HUGHES & CO. SANK A SHAFT AND DID SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK. IN 1876, THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FOR 30 DAYS. IN 1910, A COMPANY SANK A SHAFT 22 M (72 FT) DEEP, AND DROVE CROSSCUTS NORTHWEST AT-14 AND 18 M (45 AND 60 FT) DEPTHS. IN THE LOWER CROSSCUT THE VEIN WAS FOUND, BUT A DRIFT STARTED SOUTHEAST SOON RAN INTO OLD WORKINGS. IN 1911 ANOTHER SHAFT WAS SUNK. THE GOOCHLAND GOLD MINES HOLDING
  • CORP. DEVELOPED THE MINE STARTING IN 1930 UNTIT AT LEAST THE SUMMER OF 1933. THE COHN SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1932.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 406.

  • Deposit

    HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.

  • Deposit

    1832 DIREXPL MESSRS. FISHER: OPENED VEINS.

  • Deposit

    1930 DIREXPL GOOCHLAND GOLD MINES HOLDING CORP.: PARTIALLY REDEVELOPED.

  • Deposit

    1948 RECON PARDEE, J.T. & PARK, C.F.; USGS PROF. PAPER 213.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: SITE LOCATED.

  • Production

    BROWN (1937).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE REFERS TO WALLER VEIN. IN ADDITION THERE WAS THE GOOCHLAND VEIN, MINED IN THE EARLY WORKINGS. ALSO THERE IS MENTION OF TELLURIUM VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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